Movie #2113 "Never Look Away" (Netflix DVD) this movie was nominated for best foreign language film a couple of years ago, and when I read about the story, I was motivated to rent it and watch it. It is based on a real artist who was close to his aunt when he was a little boy and saw her taken away and put into an institution by the Nazis. He has never forgotten it or her message to him to never look away. His love story is the lynchpin that ties the film together, and I really enjoyed seeing the visuals in the movie --- so well done. And I esp. liked the time period when he finally had freedom to do artistically whatever he wanted to do, but given all that freedom, he had such a hard time finding the path he wanted to take --- to see all his attempts and then the final product made the ending so worthwhile. However it is a long film, and at times was a bit difficult to stay awake through. And not all the connections came together by the end of the film, I didn't think --- ---- for example, his lover's father who is a doctor convinces Kurt that his wife should have an abortion to save her medically, but in the film we don't ever find out if that was true or not because he was quite manipulative and a Nazi doctor who had a hand in Kurt's aunt's demise --- did that ever come out? there were unanswered questions, but otherwise, it was a good story, just a bit too long. 3.8 out of 5. I would recommend it to people interested in the artist at work because this film shows that very well.
"NEVER LOOK AWAY" 3 hours and 9 mins R rated 2018
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